The battle over the Indian trust fund heated up on Friday as a federal appeals court blocked the latest Internet shutdown order and a key Congressman said the case has gotten out of control. A day after U.S. District Judge...

The Alaska Federation of Natives wrapped up its annual convention in Fairbanks on Saturday. The convention drew thousands to the city. Attendance records were broken at the nightly dance performances, the AFN co-chair said. This was the first time since...

A group of Ojibwe in northern Minnesota is seeking recognition through an act of Congress. The Warroad Ojibwe are descendants of famed Ojibwe leader Kakaygeesick, also known as Everlasting Sky. In 1904, then President Theodore Roosevelt granted a total of...

A teenager was killed and two others were wounded in a shooting incident on the Leech Lake Reservation in Minnesota. The victim was identified as Brandon Humphrey, 17. Shea Fleming, 20, and Charles Croaker Jr., 20, were wounded. The shooting...

The Navajo Nation says a utility company that operates a gas pipeline that runs through the reservation is in trespass and could face action. For the past 50 years, the tribe has let El Paso Natural Gas use 900...

Members and leaders of the Fort McDermitt Paiute and Shoshone Tribe of Nevada say Bureau of Indian Affairs has ignored their pleas for assistance in the wake of a fire that burned 3,000 acres of the reservation The October 29...

A federal judge in Arizona is holding a trial over a controversial decision to allow snowmaking in the sacred San Francisco Peaks. A coalition of 13 tribes is opposing the use of reclaimed water to make snow in the peaks,...

Disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff repeatedly asked for Republican activist Ralph Reed's help in lobbying the White House and the Bush administration on tribal issues, e-mails cited by Time Magazine show. On January 18, 2002, Abramoff asked Reed to lobby...

Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-New York), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, said on Sunday that U.S. Supreme Court nominee Harriet E. Miers lacks the votes to be confirmed. Schumer said Miers lacks support from both Republicans and Democrats. He...

A federal judge allowed child welfare officials in Pennsylvania to take custody of the newborn son of a man who claims to be an Indian chief. Schuylkill County placed the boy in a foster home. Officials say the child...

South Dakota Gov. Mike Rounds (R) has proposed an extradition compact with the Oglala Sioux Tribe. If approved, the compact would be the second of its kind in the state. The Sisseton-Wahpeton Sioux Tribe and the state have an extradition...

The Crow Tribe of Montana doesn't have jurisdiction over a land dispute on the reservation, a federal judge ruled on Friday. U.S. District Judge Richard Cebull said the tribe lacks jurisdiction because the parties in the dispute aren't tribal members...

Churches that helped run Native residential schools share liability for any abuse that occurred, the Canadian Supreme Court ruled on Friday. In a unanimous 9-0 decision, the court said churches can't escape the blame for physical, sexual and mental abuse...

"Each fall semester, there are about 80 to 95 incoming Indian students at UND. Whereas about 75 percent of all incoming freshmen students at UND return the following year, the retention rate of incoming Indian students is much lower, averaging...

First Nations leaders have been invited to a top-level meeting of federal and provincial officials in Canada. This is the first time that Native leaders will attend a First Ministers' Meeting. Prime Minister Paul Martin said he hopes to discuss...